St James’s
St James' Church is a large English Gothic Catholic church in George Street, Marylebone, London. Although currently situated in George Street, the church maintains its connection with Spanish Place, the road opposite the current church, because of its historic connection with the Spanish Embassy.Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: Roman Catholic church in London
- Also known as: “Roman Catholic Church Of St James (Spanish Place)”, “Roman Catholic Church of St. James”, “St James, Spanish Place”, “St James’s Church, Spanish Place”, “St James’s, Spanish Place”, and “St. James’s, Spanish Place”
- Address: 22 George Street, London, W1U 3QE
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Wallace Collection.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
Wallace Collection
Art gallery
Photo: Peter Clarke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wallace Collection is a museum in London occupying Hertford House in Manchester Square, the former townhouse of the Seymour family, Marquesses of Hertford.
Madame Tussauds
Museum
Photo: Ashley Rehnblom, CC BY 2.0.
Madame Tussauds is a wax museum founded in London in 1835 by the French wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. One of the early main attractions was the Chamber of Horrors, which appeared in advertising in 1843. Madame Tussauds is situated 1,800 feet north of St James’s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marylebone and Mayfair-Marylebone.
Marylebone
Suburb
Photo: Mike Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marylebone is an area in London, England, and is located in the City of Westminster. It is in Central London and part of the West End. Oxford Street forms its southern boundary.
Mayfair-Marylebone
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mayfair and Marylebone are districts of central London. Together they cover a large area of western central London, encompassing the whole of Mayfair and Piccadilly to the south and the area from Oxford Street through Marylebone to Regent's Park and the border with St John's Wood to the north.
Fitzrovia
Suburb
Photo: Thegiantrodent, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fitzrovia is a district of central London, England, near the West End. Its eastern part is in the London Borough of Camden, and the western in the City of Westminster.
St James’s
- Categories: Catholic church building, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.51819° or 51° 31′ 6″ northLongitude
-0.15256° or 0° 9′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C3XGR9W+7XOpenStreetMap ID
way 160404637OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q15979527
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“St James’s” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圣雅各伯堂”
- Chinese: “聖詹姆士教堂”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سانت جيمس”
- French: “église St James”
- French: “Église St James”
- Maithili: “सेन्ट जेम्स चर्च, स्पेनिश प्लेस”
- Spanish: “iglesia de Santiago el Mayor”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Santiago el Mayor”
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